Disposed

Lal Bahadur v. State of U.P. and Another

Allahabad HC15 May 2023A482/16838/2023

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The High Court disposed of the applicant s Section 482 application after counsel gave up the challenge on merits. The court granted protection from arrest for four weeks or until bail hearing, directing the lower court to decide the bail application expeditiously under Satender Kumar Antil guidelines.

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Protection from arrest granted for four weeks; lower court directed to dispose bail application expeditiously.

Lal Bahadur Vs State of U.P. and Another — Bail and Remand | Allahabad HC (2023)

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Neutral Citation No. - 2023:AHC:104684

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Court No. - 46

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Case :- APPLICATION U/S 482 No. - 16838 of 2023

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Applicant :- Lal Bahadur Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Applicant :- Anil Kumar Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Ms. Nand Prabha Shukla,J.

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Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

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The instant application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed by the applicant to quash/stay the charge-sheet dated 12.7.2022, cognizance order dated 17.10.2022 as well as entire proceeding of Case No. 17363 of 2022 (State vs. Hargovind and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 281 of 2022 under Sections 353, 504, 506 IPC, Police Station Madhotanda, District Pilibhit, pending in the court of Civil Judge (Junior Division)/FTC, Pilibhit.

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After arguing the matter at some length, learned counsel for the applicant gave up his challenge to the aforesaid impugned chargesheet, cognizance order and entire proceedings against the applicant and confined his submission requesting to grant some protection to the applicant to surrender before the concerned court below. The learned counsel for the applicant further stated at the Bar that he is not pressing any other prayer made in this application on merits and prayed that a direction at the outset may be issued to the concerned courts below to consider and decide the bail application of the applicant expeditiously.

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Learned A.G.A. submits that in case the applicant is not pressing the relief as sought for by him on merits and wants to surrender before the concerned court below, he has no objection in granting protection to him for a short period.

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In view of above, considering the aforesaid alternative prayer made by learned counsel for the applicant, it is directed that the applicant shall surrender before the concerned court below within four weeks from today and in case applies for bail, the bail application of the applicant shall be disposed of expeditiously by the courts below in accordance with law and keeping in view the

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guidelines as laid down by the Apex Court in the case of Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and another, reported in (2021) 10 SCC 773.

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For the period of four weeks from today or till the time of surrender of the applicant before the concerned court below, whichever is earlier, he shall not be arrested in the above case.

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With the above observations/directions, this application under Section 482 Cr.P.C. is disposed of.

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Order Date :- 15.5.2023 Puspendra

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Digitally signed by :- PUSPENDRA NARAYAN SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad

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